Music Trade Review
Issue: 1908 Vol. 47 N. 3 - Page 8
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8
TH
NEW BILLS OF LADING.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
ENGROSSED RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED TO MR. J. B. FURBER
Commerce Board Decides on a Form After Four
Years' Consideration.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, July 13, 1908.
A new uniform bill of lading, designed as a
substitute for the bills now in use for the move-
ment of miscellaneous freight and general mer-
chandise, was to-day approved and its adoption
recommended to the common carriers of the
country and the shipping public by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
It provides two forms, printed on the face side
in different colors, one for "straight" and one
for "order" consignments. The "order" bill will
possess a certain degree of negotiability, while
the "straight" bill will be non-negotiable. The
"order" bill must be surrendered upon delivery
of the property to the consignee.
This plan is expected largely to meet the re-
quirements of the banking concerns of the coun-
t y which advance vast sums of money upon bills
of lading. The changes have all been in the di-
rection of greater simplicity in the interest of
the shipping public. The bill is more or less a
compromise. It imposes important obligations
which carriers have not heretofore assumed, but
retains exemptions to which some shippers may
object.
The Commission believes the bill is the best
adjustment practicable of a long-standing con-
troversy which affects the business interests of
the country. It expressly retains the right to
exercise its corrective authority which, under the
test of experience, may be proper.
The Commission does not undertake to pre-
scribe the bill of lading because it is convinced
such action would exceed its authority. It is un-
derstood, however, that the new .bill will be
adopted by all the railroads in the Official Classi-
fication territory on September 1.
WHICH \VP HAVE I(R
DO nr.y
THIS TOHliS AS ,A
GI i T WO ' I* KSH H )S
ot't<||icH Rrx;-\RD
MUSIC FOR THEJVEAK=MINDED.
Members of a Brass Band in English Asylum
Show Quick Improvement.
An illustration of the efficacy of music in the
treatment of the feeble minded occurred at the
home for youths of this description belonging to
the Metropolitan Asylums Board at Witham, Eng-
land, where a great change has been effected
since the introduction of a brass band. The mas-
ter of the home stated the other day that ever
since the interest of the boys had been aroused
in the instruments given them to play, they had
advanced by leaps and bounds toward complete
sanity, some of the most obstinate cases having
recovered. It has become recognized in the in-
stitution that the band boys were distinctly su-
perior to other patients. Several boys whose
cases were regarded as hopeless before are now
quite rational.
BELLS ON METROPOLITAN TOWER.
Four of Them, the Deepest Toned in the World,
at the 46th Story.
A set of bronze bells, the deepest toned and
most costly in the world, is to be installed on the
marble base running around the forty-sixth story
of the Metropolitan Life Building in Madison
Square. The company awarded the contract
Monday to the Meneely Beil Co., of Troy, N. Y.,
and the bells will be cast in about four months.
There will be four bells, weighing respectively
7,000, 3,000, 2,000 and 1,500 lbs., which will be set
solid on stanchions at each of the four corners.
They will be operated every fifteen minutes by a
clock which will chime the Cambridge Quarter.
They will exceed in weight and cost the famous
bells in St. Mary's at Cambridge, England; St.
Peter's, Rome; Notre Dame, Paris; the Cathedral
at Milan and the House of Parliament in Lon-
don.
The bells will not only have the deepest toned
clock peal in the world, but will be more than
twice as high above the street level as any tower
bells in existence. The idea was adopted from
St. Mary's Cambridge.
When J. B. Furber, who has been general man-
ager of the Regina Co., Rahway, N. J., for up-
ward of six years, resigned on June 30 to go in
business for himself as secretary and treasurer
of the Manufacturers Outlet Co., New York, the
officers and general selling staff presented him
with a set of engrossed resolutions expressive
of their personal regard and appreciation, and of
which a reduced reproduction is herewith shown.
With the heavy gold frame this elegant souvenir
measures 27 by 36 inches. The portraits of the
donors, personal admirers of Mr. Furber—a corps
of loyal supporters at all times during his suc-
cessful management of the Regina Co.'s affairs—
appear in the resolutions surrounding a splendid
picture of the happy and highly pleased recipient,
who spoke of the gift as "the handsomest thing of
its kind he ever saw."
A GREAT KIMBALL ORGAN
agement erected a fireproof wall around it. Thus,
hidden and out of commission, the organ was
allowed to remain in the dust of the Studebaker's
stage for many months.
Then news of its existence was brought to
Milwaukee and the priests of the Gesu Church
heard of it. The Kimball Co. offered to bring it
here. At an expenditure of $10,000 this was
done. The organ's form was slightly changed
that it might not interfere with the beautiful;
rose window of the Gesu. Otherwise the Instru-j
ment was re-erected in its entirety,
j
Recently Installed in the Gesu Church in Mil-
waukee—Instrument Has a History.
(Special to The Review.)
Milwaukee, Wis., July 13, 1908.
One of the most magnificent pipe organs in
this city has recently been installed by the W. W.
Kimball Co., of Chicago, in the Gesu Church at
a cost of $10,000. The organ is one of unusually
interesting history. It was originally built for
the Studebaker Theater of Chicago at a cost of
$16,500. It was set up in this theater several
years ago and used there. Then came the Iro-
quois Theater fire. The holocaust occasioned the
passing of stringent fire protection laws in Chi-
cago. And under the ban of these laws the
organ of the Studebaker was ordered out of the
building. In lieu of tearing the magnificent in-
strument from its setting the Studebaker man-
W. A. Burgess, of the factory office staff of the
Estey Piano Co., left Friday last for a two weeks*
vacation trip to Nova Scotia and other points of
interest thereabout.
Otto Heinzman, with the Gordon Piano Co., 162
West 27th street, returned the fore part of the:
week from a flying business trip to Boston.
8
TH
NEW BILLS OF LADING.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
ENGROSSED RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED TO MR. J. B. FURBER
Commerce Board Decides on a Form After Four
Years' Consideration.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, July 13, 1908.
A new uniform bill of lading, designed as a
substitute for the bills now in use for the move-
ment of miscellaneous freight and general mer-
chandise, was to-day approved and its adoption
recommended to the common carriers of the
country and the shipping public by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
It provides two forms, printed on the face side
in different colors, one for "straight" and one
for "order" consignments. The "order" bill will
possess a certain degree of negotiability, while
the "straight" bill will be non-negotiable. The
"order" bill must be surrendered upon delivery
of the property to the consignee.
This plan is expected largely to meet the re-
quirements of the banking concerns of the coun-
t y which advance vast sums of money upon bills
of lading. The changes have all been in the di-
rection of greater simplicity in the interest of
the shipping public. The bill is more or less a
compromise. It imposes important obligations
which carriers have not heretofore assumed, but
retains exemptions to which some shippers may
object.
The Commission believes the bill is the best
adjustment practicable of a long-standing con-
troversy which affects the business interests of
the country. It expressly retains the right to
exercise its corrective authority which, under the
test of experience, may be proper.
The Commission does not undertake to pre-
scribe the bill of lading because it is convinced
such action would exceed its authority. It is un-
derstood, however, that the new .bill will be
adopted by all the railroads in the Official Classi-
fication territory on September 1.
WHICH \VP HAVE I(R
DO nr.y
THIS TOHliS AS ,A
GI i T WO ' I* KSH H )S
ot't<||icH Rrx;-\RD
MUSIC FOR THEJVEAK=MINDED.
Members of a Brass Band in English Asylum
Show Quick Improvement.
An illustration of the efficacy of music in the
treatment of the feeble minded occurred at the
home for youths of this description belonging to
the Metropolitan Asylums Board at Witham, Eng-
land, where a great change has been effected
since the introduction of a brass band. The mas-
ter of the home stated the other day that ever
since the interest of the boys had been aroused
in the instruments given them to play, they had
advanced by leaps and bounds toward complete
sanity, some of the most obstinate cases having
recovered. It has become recognized in the in-
stitution that the band boys were distinctly su-
perior to other patients. Several boys whose
cases were regarded as hopeless before are now
quite rational.
BELLS ON METROPOLITAN TOWER.
Four of Them, the Deepest Toned in the World,
at the 46th Story.
A set of bronze bells, the deepest toned and
most costly in the world, is to be installed on the
marble base running around the forty-sixth story
of the Metropolitan Life Building in Madison
Square. The company awarded the contract
Monday to the Meneely Beil Co., of Troy, N. Y.,
and the bells will be cast in about four months.
There will be four bells, weighing respectively
7,000, 3,000, 2,000 and 1,500 lbs., which will be set
solid on stanchions at each of the four corners.
They will be operated every fifteen minutes by a
clock which will chime the Cambridge Quarter.
They will exceed in weight and cost the famous
bells in St. Mary's at Cambridge, England; St.
Peter's, Rome; Notre Dame, Paris; the Cathedral
at Milan and the House of Parliament in Lon-
don.
The bells will not only have the deepest toned
clock peal in the world, but will be more than
twice as high above the street level as any tower
bells in existence. The idea was adopted from
St. Mary's Cambridge.
When J. B. Furber, who has been general man-
ager of the Regina Co., Rahway, N. J., for up-
ward of six years, resigned on June 30 to go in
business for himself as secretary and treasurer
of the Manufacturers Outlet Co., New York, the
officers and general selling staff presented him
with a set of engrossed resolutions expressive
of their personal regard and appreciation, and of
which a reduced reproduction is herewith shown.
With the heavy gold frame this elegant souvenir
measures 27 by 36 inches. The portraits of the
donors, personal admirers of Mr. Furber—a corps
of loyal supporters at all times during his suc-
cessful management of the Regina Co.'s affairs—
appear in the resolutions surrounding a splendid
picture of the happy and highly pleased recipient,
who spoke of the gift as "the handsomest thing of
its kind he ever saw."
A GREAT KIMBALL ORGAN
agement erected a fireproof wall around it. Thus,
hidden and out of commission, the organ was
allowed to remain in the dust of the Studebaker's
stage for many months.
Then news of its existence was brought to
Milwaukee and the priests of the Gesu Church
heard of it. The Kimball Co. offered to bring it
here. At an expenditure of $10,000 this was
done. The organ's form was slightly changed
that it might not interfere with the beautiful;
rose window of the Gesu. Otherwise the Instru-j
ment was re-erected in its entirety,
j
Recently Installed in the Gesu Church in Mil-
waukee—Instrument Has a History.
(Special to The Review.)
Milwaukee, Wis., July 13, 1908.
One of the most magnificent pipe organs in
this city has recently been installed by the W. W.
Kimball Co., of Chicago, in the Gesu Church at
a cost of $10,000. The organ is one of unusually
interesting history. It was originally built for
the Studebaker Theater of Chicago at a cost of
$16,500. It was set up in this theater several
years ago and used there. Then came the Iro-
quois Theater fire. The holocaust occasioned the
passing of stringent fire protection laws in Chi-
cago. And under the ban of these laws the
organ of the Studebaker was ordered out of the
building. In lieu of tearing the magnificent in-
strument from its setting the Studebaker man-
W. A. Burgess, of the factory office staff of the
Estey Piano Co., left Friday last for a two weeks*
vacation trip to Nova Scotia and other points of
interest thereabout.
Otto Heinzman, with the Gordon Piano Co., 162
West 27th street, returned the fore part of the:
week from a flying business trip to Boston.
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